Amateurs imitate, Pros copy

Two Vaders. No reflections in the shop window pane because of off-camera flash.

A little birdie at Leica told me something.

Shooting a Wedding

A legally married couple, happy!

The long awaited wedding of my son and his bride has come and gone. In this post, the emotional content is not the topic, though I hope it will appear in the example photos that I add as they develop. No, I want to talk about my experiences as a wedding photographer and the technicalities of the photographs.

They don’t make them like they used to

I get nostalgic for old film cameras.

Like this Leica M6 TTL in chrome. It sat in the second hand glass case at my dealer when I was visiting yesterday.

Poseurs

Waving good-bye to a cloud with High-Speed-Sync

A Lens with Qualities

Diffraction stars at f/3.4. Wait, what?

Uh-oh!

En route to a workshop in Neuss, I went by the Leitz-Park again.

In the Leica Store on the premises, they had a used Summarit-M f/2.5 50 mm that I couldn’t resist buying.

‘cron

Free, Joel? Really?

As big a Leica fanboy as I am, I have seldom bought a Leica lens for new. The penultimate time was long ago, with a MP a la carte came my Summicron 50 mm that still serves me well. The last time was yesterday.

Street Smarts

Street Art

The Street Photography workshop I’ve been to last Sunday in Nuremberg was an eye-opener. It was held by Michel Birnbacher and after a short introduction, the four of us (a small group!) roamed the city.

Rangefinder Genetics

As smooth as the drink

As soon as I gave my Leica M6 to my son for his 25-th birthday, I missed it. That’s the way heart-felt presents should feel.

Air Tripod

Hipsters not included

You can’t pronounce it

But still … Very useful!

Double Chinaman

When asked “Why two hats?” he answered “For advertisement.”

This was one of the first times